HISTORY In 2001, the Ministry of Education initiated the Estonian Programme for Centres of Excellence in Research. The following aims were set up:  to create the conditions for high-level research compatible with the strategy of research and development in Estonia;  to establish the conditions for Estonian centres of excellence to join the international network according to the European Union’s research policy;  to encourage co-operation between the research groups working in the close or complementary areas;  to create a mechanism for elaborating, developing and implementing innovative ideas. Jüri Engelbrecht

HISTORY EC Centres of Excellence Estonian Biocentre Institute of Physics of the University of Tartu Estonian Centres of Excellence – 5 Centre of Excellence of Analytical Spectrometry Centre of Basic and Applied Ecology Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences Centre of Cultural History and Folkloristics in Estonia Centre of Excellence for Gene and Environmental Technologies Estonian Prospective Centres of Excellence – 7 Centre for Biodiversity and Systematics Centre of Excellence in Increasingly Complex Molecular Systems Centre of Molecular and Clinical Medicine Research Unit for the Estonian Language Technology Research Centre for Isotope Geology and Palaeoclimatology Centre for Nonlinear Studies Cosmology Centre Jüri Engelbrecht

SINCE 2003  Centre of Excellence for Gene and Environmental Technologies  Centre of Excellence of Analytical Spectrometry  Centre for Nonlinear Studies  Estonian Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences  Institute of Physics of the University of Tartu  Centre of Excellence in Chemistry and Materials Science  Centre of Molecular and Clinical Medicine  Centre for Basic and Applied Ecology  Centre of Cultural History and Folkloristics in Estonia  Centre for Dependable Computing Jüri Engelbrecht

DIRECT FUNDING Centres of Excellence in Research euro From Structural Funds euro (+ INFRA Funds) euro Jüri Engelbrecht

DIRECT FUNDING IN 2007 Centre of Excellence for Gene and Environmental Technologies219 thou eur Centre of Excellence of Analytical Spectrometry195 Centre for Nonlinear Studies 94 Estonian Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences134 Institute of Physics oh the University of Tartu236 Centre of Excellence in Chemistry and Material Science236 Centre of Molecular and Clinical Medicine236 Centre for Basic and Applied Ecology195 Centre of Cultural History and Folkloristics in Estonia 79 Centre for Dependable Computing 94 Total thou eur Jüri Engelbrecht

Centre of Excellence for Gene and Environmental Technologies RESEARCH GROUPS  Bioinformatics  Biochemistry  Biotechnology  Evolutionary Biology  Functional Genomics  Genetics  Microbiology and Virology  Molecular Biology  Cell Biology  Plant Physiology Jüri Engelbrecht

Centre of Excellence of Analytical Spectrometry RESEARCH GROUPS  High Energy and Quantum Physics  Liquid Phase Nuclear Magnetic Resonance  Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry  Low Temperature Physics  Mass-spectrometry and Catalysis  Environmental Chemistry  Proteomics and Functional Genomics Jüri Engelbrecht

Centre for Nonlinear Studies RESEARCH GROUPS  Nonlinear Waves  Fractality and Biophysics  Nonlinear Integrated Photoelasticity  Water Waves  Geometric Approach  Nonlinear Signal Processing Jüri Engelbrecht

Estonian Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences RESEARCH GROUPS  Perception and Personality  Psychophysiology  Developmental and Educational Psychology  Perception and Consciousness  Family and Welfare Studies  Suicidology  Biostatistics and Health Care Services  Health-related Behaviour  General and Molecular Epidemiology  Kinanthropometrics  Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Jüri Engelbrecht

Institute of Physics of the University of Tartu RESEARCH GROUPS  Spectroscopy of Light-sensitive Materials  Nanotechnology  Biophysics  Environmental Radioactivity  Theoretical Physics  Optics  Irradiation Physics Jüri Engelbrecht

Centre of Excellence in Chemistry and Materials Science RESEARCH GROUPS  Structure and Reactivity of Chemical Compounds and Their Application for Design of Advanced Materials and Technologies  Chemistry, Physics and Technology for Photovoltaic Solar Energetics  Theory and Modelling of Complex Molecular Systems  Electrically Conductive Polymeric Materials in Multilayer Structures: Chemistry and Technology  Interfacial and Solid State Chemistry and Applied Electrochemistry  Targeted Synthesis of Complex Molecules as Novel Materials and Bioactive Compounds and Development of Appropriate Theoretical Concepts  Analytical and Electrochemical Methods of Analysis and Their Exploitation in Environmental Monitoring  Theory, Design and Exploitation of Radiation Detectors and Luminescent Materials  Chemistry and Technology of Nanocristalline and Submicronic Films Jüri Engelbrecht

Centre of Molecular and Clinical Medicine RESEARCH GROUPS  Bioenergetics  Biochemistry  Immunology  Human Genetics  Child Neurology  Microbiology  Neuropharmacology  Neurophysiology  Neurology  Psychiatry Jüri Engelbrecht

Centre for Basic and Applied Ecology RESEARCH GROUPS  Applied Ecology  Plant Ecology  Animal Ecology  Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology  Geoinformatics and Cartography  Geoecology  Vegetation Remote Sensing  Sustainable Forestry Jüri Engelbrecht

Centre of Cultural History and Folkloristics in Estonia RESEARCH GROUPS  Context of Cultural History in the Soviet Era  Mythology and Folk Narrative  Theory of Rhetoric and Phraseology  Poetical and Musical Folklore Jüri Engelbrecht

Centre for Dependable Computing RESEARCH GROUPS  Mathematical Foundations and Programming Language Technology  Formal Methods in Software Engineering  Trust and Confidence  Design and Test of Digital Systems Jüri Engelbrecht

CONFERENCES, PUBLICATIONS Estonian Academy of Sciences  Conferences “Centres of Excellence of Estonian Science” 2005, 2006  Publications 2002, 2004 Jüri Engelbrecht

FUTURE  New call in 2007  Conditions in preparation by the Ministry of Education and Research Jüri Engelbrecht

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Jüri Engelbrecht